# Fractures at King Soopers #27
> OSHA SIR `2016043380` · 4/22/2016 · HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** King Soopers #27
- **Location:** 9551 S University Blvd, HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLORADO, 80126
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee laid the dock plate down on a trailer bed to unload a trailer. A piece of wood was sticking out from the trailer wall, preventing the dock plate from laying all the way down.  The employee used his foot to kick the wood out of the way, which caused his foot to become stuck under the dock plate. His ankle broke and started bleeding.

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